The party quickly heads off to find them both as Shellshock removes the scarf from his neck. The crowd begins to panic as the commander took flight.

“Frost Lips! You’re up!”

Meanwhile, the two remain trapped within the layers of ice.

“Where are we?” Brenda asked.

“Trapped no doubt.” Maigashi said. “I could get us out, but it will take a while to channel enough force through these walls.”

“Then get to it!” She yelled. “I don’t want to spend the rest of my trip stuck alone in this cold.”

“And what’s that supposed to mean?” He sarcastically pestered.

“Ok! Ok! I didn’t mean it in that sort of way.” She elaborated. “Just get us out!”

As Maigashi was ready to get to work, a sudden quake was felt. She jumps back, holding his arm as it emerged from the snow.

“Is that a snowman?” She questioned.

The figure turns around revealing a blank face. Lips begin to form across its body as it makes a screeching sound.

“I don’t think it looks friendly.”

She kept her grip tight on Maigashi as the monster begins moving its way towards them. Its mouths all open up releasing a cold chilling breeze. The lips suddenly burst out to attack as Maigashi pulled her away from the danger. He cuts them down with an electrical dagger.

“Stay close.”

More lips begin to form across the monster. The monster begins spraying an icy breath as lips continue to assault them. Chunks of ice plows into them as the monster suddenly make a jump.

“Brenda!”

He pushed her out of harm’s way before the monster landed. Maigashi gets sent flying a few feet back from the impact.

“That’s it!”

He quickly channeled lightning from his body. Maigashi then makes an attempt to impale the monster at close range. Frost Lips easily avoids his attack as the lips shielded it from any harm. His arm became encased in solid ice.

“What?”

“Ha ha ha! Having fun with my latest monster?”

Commander Shellshock arrives at the scene. Maigashi takes a few steps back as Brenda tries to break the ice off.

“So…it was you all this long.”

“Yeah! I’m running the show here. And once I take all the energy, this resort will be the grounds for my new base.”

The two are displeased with what he said.

“You scoundrel!” Brenda cried.

Without hesitation, Maigashi shatters the ice from his arm as he readied his weapon at the general. Chains suddenly wrapped onto his waist.

“What the hell?”

“I see you want to play? Have at it!”

Commander Shellshock begins twirling him around the air. Slamming him into the walls as Brenda took cover. He then released Maigashi from his grasp to shift his attention towards her.

“And as for you. Frost Lips take care of her.”

The monster begins approaching as she lies helplessly on the icy floor.

“Oh Noooooo!”

In a matter of seconds, the party came crashing in. Auroa shatters the wall from the flick of his wind whip.

“The party’s here. Splendid!” The general jumped. “Now we can destroy you all.”

Frost Lip ignores their sudden appearance as it reached for Brenda. Opening its cold frosty lips as she continued to cry.

“I’ll protect you!”

Bamboo intercepts the monster as it released an icy breath. Shielding Brenda from any harm, he suddenly became frozen as Shellshock laughs away.

“HA HA! So much for your friend. My monster will put you on ice.”

Shellshock begins getting away. Maigashi suddenly regains conscious as Brenda took cover behind Bamboo’s frozen body. Alistor and Auroa huddled up by Maigashi to begin quickly planning.

“We’ll handle the monster from here.” Auroa agreed. “Take care of the general.”

“No problem!” Maigashi said. “I have a score to settle anyway.”

Without hesitation, he heads off on the general’s trail while Alistor and Auroa face off against Frost Lips. The monster speechlessly stares at them.

“Are you sure he’ll be fine?” Alistor questioned.

“He’ll be fine. He can handle himself.” Auroa assured. “All that matters now is the opponent in front of us.”

Meanwhile, Maigashi quickly caught up to the general.

“Let’s see how you handle this.”

Maigashi fires a round of electrical arrows at the general. The lightning gets completely nullified upon impact.

“What? But how?”

“Is that your best?” The commander pestered. “My defense greatly surpasses any of the monsters you’ve faced.”

“Then I’ll just have to try something else.”

Maigashi got back up, rushing to the commander as lightning begins to channel across his arm. Taking Shellshock by surprise as he got close.

“If this does not work! Surging Thunder!”

His attack impacts the general at point blank range. A burst of smoke commenced as he jumps back to witness the fireworks. The general emerges completely unharmed.

“No way!”

Maigashi gets rammed by Shellshocks back shell. Slammed through an icy wall as the Commander taunts once more.

“Ha! Give it up! Your power alone is not enough. Thanks to my natural tank armor, my high caliber skin armor, and my hip chest armor, I can’t take damage.”

“How much freaking armor do you even need?” Maigashi irritably asked.

“Enough!” The commander assured.” Now let’s see you dodge my Comet Shots.”

The general begin firing shots down below. Lasers rain down across the snow as he was forced to duck and roll.

“This is not good...” Maigashi nodded.